WEBVTT 00:05.420 --> 00:08.040 I suppose it all started with the snow. 00:09.000 --> 00:12.500 You see, it is a very special kind of snow. 00:13.260 --> 00:17.660 A snow to make the happy happy and the giddy even bigger. 00:18.620 --> 00:23.520 A snow to make a home come and homeier and natural enemies friends. 00:24.400 --> 00:24.600 Natural. 00:25.480 --> 00:27.820 For it was the first snow of the season. 00:28.420 --> 00:33.980 And as any child can tell you, there's a certain magic to the very first snow, 00:34.260 --> 00:37.580 especially when it falls on the day before Christmas. 00:38.360 --> 00:41.360 For when the first snow is also a Christmas snow, 00:43.400 --> 00:46.600 well, something wonderful is bound to happen. 00:55.170 --> 00:56.930 Children, back to your seats. 00:57.370 --> 00:58.270 The snow can wait. 00:59.450 --> 01:00.590 Now, now. 01:00.590 --> 01:04.290 I've hired Professor Hinkel, the magician, 01:04.930 --> 01:07.810 to entertain at today's class Christmas party. 01:08.250 --> 01:09.830 So, pay attention. 01:10.870 --> 01:16.450 Now, Professor Hinkel was just about the worst magician in the world. 01:18.450 --> 01:28.100 Put the magic eggs into my hat. 01:28.580 --> 01:30.240 Abacadabra to coin the phrase. 01:31.080 --> 01:34.440 And voila, the eggs have turned into... 01:51.120 --> 01:53.240 Pokus, where are you? 01:54.440 --> 01:58.080 The only thing this hat's good for is the trash can. 03:53.660 --> 04:08.920 Just look, little girl. 04:15.210 --> 04:16.230 Can't take that hat. 04:21.060 --> 04:22.520 Saw nothing of the kind. 04:24.060 --> 04:24.640 Quiet. 04:25.480 --> 04:28.400 I can't lose that hat if it's really got magic now. 04:28.840 --> 04:31.440 It'll make me a millionaire magician. 04:31.980 --> 04:35.020 But we saw Frosty come to life, didn't we? 04:35.620 --> 04:36.180 Uh-huh. 04:36.700 --> 04:38.020 We sure did. 04:38.020 --> 04:41.640 You silly children believe everything you see. 04:42.200 --> 04:43.520 When you're grown up, 04:43.580 --> 04:47.400 you'll realize that snowman can't come to life. 04:47.940 --> 04:58.490 But Frosty, we don't care what grown-ups say. 04:59.090 --> 05:01.050 We know you did come to life. 05:01.550 --> 05:02.870 We know, Frosty. 05:03.270 --> 05:04.710 We just know. 05:05.770 --> 05:10.170 Frosty, the snowman was a jolly, happy soul. 05:10.990 --> 05:14.390 With a concave pipe and a button nose and two eyes, 05:14.390 --> 05:15.930 made out of coal. 05:17.090 --> 05:21.090 Frosty, the snowman is a fairy tale they say. 05:21.710 --> 05:23.690 He was made of snow but the children... 05:38.320 --> 05:39.860 The Frosty and the children. 05:40.600 --> 05:43.460 That point must be made very clear. 05:44.220 --> 05:47.180 Therefore, Pokus Pokus was entirely in the right 05:47.180 --> 05:49.360 in what he was about to do. 06:00.030 --> 06:03.690 Pokus raced back to the children just as fast as he could. 06:08.130 --> 06:33.840 I said my first words. 06:34.780 --> 06:35.500 But... 06:35.500 --> 06:37.440 But snowman can't talk. 06:38.840 --> 06:41.220 All right, come on now. 06:41.580 --> 06:42.220 What's the joke? 06:43.180 --> 06:43.820 Could... 06:43.820 --> 06:45.220 Could I really be alive? 06:45.860 --> 06:47.520 I mean, I can make words. 06:48.020 --> 06:48.880 I can move. 06:49.640 --> 06:50.960 I can juggle. 06:51.480 --> 06:52.660 I can sweep. 06:53.500 --> 06:54.980 I can count to ten. 06:55.840 --> 06:57.480 One, two, three. 06:57.480 --> 07:02.320 Four, five, nine, six, eight. 07:02.860 --> 07:04.840 Well, I can count to five. 07:06.740 --> 07:07.940 What do you know? 07:08.200 --> 07:09.100 I'm even ticklish. 07:09.660 --> 07:11.600 In fact, I'm eleven. 07:12.560 --> 07:13.960 I am alive. 07:14.840 --> 07:18.360 What a neat thing to happen to a nice guy like me. 07:19.660 --> 07:22.180 That must have been some magic. 07:22.640 --> 07:24.660 And that old silk hat they found. 07:24.660 --> 07:27.920 Oh, when they placed it on his head, 07:28.340 --> 07:30.160 he began to dance around. 07:31.400 --> 07:32.960 Frosty was no man, 07:33.420 --> 07:35.360 was alive as he could be. 07:35.940 --> 07:38.500 And the children say he could laugh and play 07:38.500 --> 07:40.500 just the same as you and me. 07:50.260 --> 07:52.100 Is there a thermometer around here? 07:59.130 --> 08:00.530 I was afraid of that. 08:01.110 --> 08:02.470 That the thermometer's getting red. 08:03.070 --> 08:04.430 I hate red thermometers. 08:05.030 --> 08:06.310 Why, Frosty? 08:06.670 --> 08:08.590 Because when the thermometer gets all reddish, 08:08.590 --> 08:09.990 the temperature goes up. 08:10.390 --> 08:11.870 And when the temperature goes up, 08:12.250 --> 08:13.310 I start to melt. 08:13.970 --> 08:15.270 And when I start to melt, 08:16.010 --> 08:17.810 I get all wishy-washy. 08:18.270 --> 08:19.630 Then you've got to go someplace 08:19.630 --> 08:21.430 where you'll never melt. 08:21.690 --> 08:24.550 The only place I'd never melt is the North Pole. 08:24.970 --> 08:26.550 Then we've got to get you there. 08:27.310 --> 08:27.790 Yeah! 08:28.230 --> 08:30.590 We'll take you downtown to the railroad station 08:30.590 --> 08:32.810 and put you on a train. 08:33.230 --> 08:33.590 Great. 08:34.130 --> 08:35.890 I always wanted to see the town. 08:35.890 --> 08:38.110 Let's make a party out of it. 08:38.290 --> 08:39.590 Let's have a parade. 08:40.110 --> 10:02.460 You see that traffic light? 10:03.100 --> 10:04.320 What's a traffic light? 10:04.820 --> 10:06.020 Up there on the lamppost. 10:06.720 --> 10:07.760 What's a lamppost? 10:08.320 --> 10:10.980 Oh, you want it ticket-wise, guy? 10:11.520 --> 10:12.400 I'd love one. 10:12.860 --> 10:14.060 To the North Pole, please. 10:14.880 --> 10:15.060 Huh? 10:15.920 --> 10:17.720 You've got to excuse him, sir. 10:18.300 --> 10:20.300 You see, he just came to life. 10:20.800 --> 10:23.040 And he doesn't know much about such things. 10:23.780 --> 10:26.360 Oh, well, okay, if he just came to life. 10:27.480 --> 10:28.420 Move along! 10:29.420 --> 10:30.280 A silly snowman. 10:31.000 --> 10:32.720 Once they come to life, they don't know nothing. 10:33.960 --> 10:35.220 Come to life? 10:36.220 --> 11:03.720 I could take it to the North Pole, please. 11:04.540 --> 11:06.480 Well, it's North Pole? 11:06.820 --> 11:07.860 Oh, yes, ma'am. 11:08.240 --> 11:22.380 A.S.S. Catch-You-On. 11:28.690 --> 11:30.930 Got to make a change at Nanooka, the North Pole. 11:31.970 --> 11:35.950 That'll be $3,000 and four cents, including tax. 11:36.610 --> 11:40.030 Oh, but we don't have any money. 11:40.610 --> 11:41.770 No money! 11:46.010 --> 11:56.220 No money, no North Pole. 12:02.290 --> 12:04.030 Don't you get all slushy, too? 12:07.790 --> 12:09.110 What is this, Hocus? 12:32.090 --> 12:33.930 What a neat way to travel. 12:47.340 --> 12:48.860 Coming to the North Pole, too? 12:49.340 --> 12:51.060 I'm sure my mother won't mind. 12:51.060 --> 12:54.060 As long as I'm home in time for supper. 13:38.530 --> 13:41.730 A refrigerated boxcar was a splendid way to travel. 13:42.550 --> 13:47.570 Splendid, that is, if one is a snowman or a furry-coated rabbit. 13:48.390 --> 13:49.610 But for Karen... 13:52.130 --> 13:54.090 Are you cold, Karen? 13:54.970 --> 13:56.530 Now, that's a silly question. 13:57.190 --> 13:59.210 You wouldn't be sneezing if you weren't cold. 14:01.630 --> 14:02.830 Well, just... 14:07.400 --> 14:11.900 Frosty realized that Karen had to get out of that car as soon as possible. 14:13.400 --> 14:15.680 So when the little freight train stopped 14:16.340 --> 14:19.620 to let an express full of happy Christmas travels pass, 14:20.880 --> 14:23.140 Frosty took advantage of the opportunity 14:23.140 --> 14:25.680 and quickly got them all up. 14:35.440 --> 14:39.860 The only thing Professor Henkel could do was make a jump for us. 14:59.690 --> 15:03.510 Frosty wanted to get as far away as he could before Henkel woke up. 15:03.510 --> 15:19.460 But the woods to which they traveled were still bitterly cold. 15:21.320 --> 15:24.660 Hocus, I've got to get Karen all warmed up. 15:25.000 --> 15:26.120 Oh, she's a goner. 15:28.700 --> 15:30.980 But I can't make a fire. 15:31.680 --> 15:34.840 Oh, boy, that's one thing I really can't do. 15:35.700 --> 15:38.840 Guess we just better keep moving till we find someone who can. 15:40.120 --> 15:43.000 That suddenly they came upon a tiny glance 15:43.000 --> 15:45.820 which seemed almost magical. 15:46.900 --> 15:50.680 For it was Christmas Eve and the woodland animals 15:50.680 --> 15:53.920 were all decorating for their big celebration. 15:54.620 --> 15:57.220 They knew Santa was to come that night 15:57.220 --> 16:00.300 and they wanted everything to be just right. 16:00.960 --> 16:02.960 Hocus, speak to the animals. 16:03.540 --> 16:06.440 See if they will all pitch in and build a fire for Karen. 16:06.440 --> 16:21.200 I'm delighted to help. 16:21.820 --> 16:24.480 So they plung the spark away from the glance 16:24.480 --> 16:27.740 where the fire wouldn't catch on to the tree. 16:29.040 --> 16:33.340 Soon there was a spark and in almost no time 16:33.340 --> 16:36.380 a splendid fire was crackling away. 16:44.850 --> 16:48.550 Frosty was careful to stay far away from the flames. 16:53.150 --> 16:55.250 Hocus, we've got to find someone 16:55.250 --> 16:57.530 to help Karen get home before she freezes 16:57.530 --> 17:00.270 and me to the North Pole before I melt. 17:01.070 --> 17:01.670 But who? 17:11.100 --> 17:13.000 Not the President of the United States? 17:13.640 --> 17:15.840 Oh, they were both swell ideas 17:15.840 --> 17:17.800 but we've got to find someone nearby. 17:24.660 --> 17:25.300 Santa Claus. 17:25.900 --> 17:27.060 That's a great idea. 17:27.640 --> 17:29.160 Why didn't I think of that before? 17:32.900 --> 17:35.420 Hocus, you go back with the animals 17:35.420 --> 17:38.500 and when Santa comes you bring him right here. 17:38.720 --> 17:38.860 Understand? 17:41.400 --> 17:42.560 Hurry now! 17:51.070 --> 17:53.350 And so Frosty kept a silent vigil 17:53.350 --> 17:56.570 waiting patiently all through the night 17:56.570 --> 17:58.490 until Santa would arrive. 17:59.350 --> 18:00.930 But suddenly... 18:00.930 --> 18:03.310 Oh, a campfire. 18:03.710 --> 18:07.090 Well, isn't that all snug and comfy? 18:09.770 --> 18:11.810 No, don't! 18:12.070 --> 18:15.070 Now, give me that hat or else. 18:15.550 --> 18:16.430 Or else what? 18:17.450 --> 18:19.810 Well, don't bother me with details. 18:20.190 --> 18:21.770 Give me that hat. 18:22.290 --> 18:24.270 Get on my shoulders, Karen. 18:25.810 --> 18:29.330 You see, Frosty, since he was made of snow and snow 18:29.330 --> 18:33.390 was the fastest belly whopper in the world. 18:36.210 --> 18:44.720 No Professor Hickle was so far out distant 18:44.720 --> 18:53.140 and now it was Frosty's good fortune 18:53.140 --> 18:55.320 that right at the bottom of the hill 18:55.320 --> 18:57.080 was a tiny greenhouse 18:57.080 --> 19:01.720 used to grow precious tropical poinsettias 19:01.720 --> 19:03.040 for Christmas. 19:04.580 --> 19:07.040 It's got to be all warm and snug inside 19:07.040 --> 19:09.700 for those Christmas flowers to grow so beautiful. 19:10.260 --> 19:11.040 Let's go in. 19:11.880 --> 19:13.660 Oh, but... 19:13.660 --> 19:15.260 But you will melt. 19:15.920 --> 19:16.520 Just a little. 19:17.320 --> 19:18.900 I'll only stay inside for a minute. 19:19.440 --> 19:22.580 Besides, I've been meaning to take off a little weight anyway. 19:28.220 --> 19:29.520 Staying here much longer 19:29.520 --> 19:31.460 and I'll really make a splash in the world. 19:54.620 --> 19:56.800 But was it too late? 20:04.160 --> 20:06.180 Hocus explained the situation to Santa. 20:06.820 --> 20:10.020 Who, as you know, speaks a fluent rabbit. 20:11.600 --> 20:13.940 And when they didn't find Frosty 20:13.940 --> 20:15.040 and Karen on the hill, 20:15.040 --> 20:18.260 Santa followed Frosty's path in the snow 20:18.260 --> 20:19.580 to the greenhouse. 20:20.950 --> 20:22.600 But when they got inside 20:22.600 --> 20:25.920 a terrible sight met their rivals. 21:17.650 --> 21:18.550 Nonsense. 21:19.910 --> 21:22.010 Oh, don't cry, Karen. 21:22.010 --> 21:24.330 Frosty's not gone for good. 21:25.250 --> 21:28.130 You see, he was made out of Christmas snow 21:28.130 --> 21:31.550 and Christmas snow can never disappear completely. 21:33.330 --> 21:35.470 Oh, it sometimes goes away 21:35.470 --> 21:37.350 for almost a year at a time 21:37.350 --> 21:40.870 and takes the form of spring and summer rain. 21:41.410 --> 21:43.250 But you can bet your boots 21:43.250 --> 21:47.290 that when a good, jolly December wind kisses it 21:48.290 --> 21:52.030 it'll turn into Christmas snow all over again. 21:52.350 --> 21:58.420 Yes, but... 21:58.420 --> 21:59.180 Just once. 22:11.880 --> 22:12.460 A minute. 22:13.100 --> 22:15.900 I want that hat and I want it now. 22:16.700 --> 22:18.840 Don't you dare touch that. 22:19.440 --> 22:22.620 And just what are you going to do about it? 22:23.240 --> 22:25.960 If you so much as lay a finger on the brim 22:25.960 --> 22:29.180 I'll never bring you another Christmas present 22:29.420 --> 22:31.160 as long as you live. 22:32.660 --> 22:33.580 Never? 22:34.140 --> 22:34.840 Never. 22:35.740 --> 22:40.620 No more trick cards or magic balls 22:40.620 --> 22:43.320 or no more anything? 22:43.980 --> 22:46.580 Oh, that's not fair. 22:47.400 --> 22:51.760 I mean, we evil magicians have to make a living too. 22:52.340 --> 22:53.980 Now you go home and write, 22:54.320 --> 22:57.580 I am very sorry for what I did to Frosty 22:57.580 --> 22:59.540 a hundred zillion times. 22:59.540 --> 23:03.160 And then maybe, just maybe, mind you, 23:03.640 --> 23:06.560 you'll find something in your stocking tomorrow morning. 23:07.280 --> 23:09.600 A new hat maybe? 23:10.100 --> 23:11.800 Oh, yes, sir. 23:12.460 --> 23:13.440 Goodbye, everyone. 23:14.020 --> 23:15.340 Sorry to lose and run, 23:15.520 --> 23:17.760 but I've got to get busy writing. 23:18.180 --> 23:20.440 Busy, busy, busy. 23:23.920 --> 23:25.620 Come on, Frosty. 23:26.000 --> 23:27.440 We're all waiting for you. 23:27.440 --> 23:49.560 And so Santa took Karen home 23:50.020 --> 23:53.760 and made ready to bring Frosty back to the North Pole with him. 23:56.720 --> 23:59.860 Karen hated to say goodbye to Frosty, 24:00.460 --> 24:01.840 but as Santa promised, 24:02.520 --> 24:05.660 Frosty returned every year with the magical Christmas snow. 24:06.580 --> 24:09.060 And every year there was a great celebration 24:09.060 --> 24:11.340 with a big Christmas parade. 24:19.210 --> 24:20.430 Does Frosty go? 24:21.150 --> 24:24.230 Sump a cheese, sump, sump, sump a cheese, sump, sump. 24:24.370 --> 24:26.110 Over the hills of snow, 24:27.470 --> 24:29.250 Frosty, the snowman, 24:29.730 --> 24:31.630 was a jolly, happy soul. 24:32.530 --> 24:34.990 Would a conker pipe and a button nose 24:34.990 --> 24:37.290 and two eyes made out of coal. 24:39.100 --> 24:40.830 And with Frosty the snowman, 24:41.610 --> 24:44.490 Christmas was always very merry indeed. 24:45.550 --> 24:48.750 You have a merry Christmas too. 24:56.690 --> 24:59.650 Sayin' don't you cry. 25:00.770 --> 25:03.670 I'll be back on Christmas Day.